Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1940, Page 36

B—-14 Avocados Combine Well Wi WOMEN'S FEATURES. Racing and Steeplechase Activities All Around Us Reflected in New Salad Delicious Club Sandwiches Are Made by Substituting Sliced Fruit for Chicken By BETSY CASWELL, Woman's Editor. With “horses, horses, horses” thudding along tmacks and over steeple- chase courses all around Washington these spring days, is bound to creep into our entertaining motifs. luncheons before the races, either in the form a bit of the sport People who like to give of brunch at home, or picnic fashion en route to one of the cross-country events, ‘will like their menus to live up to the spirit of the Along with all this interest in horses, news that should put every house- keeper and hostess on her toes. Reports are that bigger and better shipments,at . v lower prices, of | * avocados should be reaching Washington any day now and it will be easier than ever to de- vise unusual sal- ads and other dishes that in- clude these deli- cacies among their ingredients For instance, there is the com- | bination salad shown in the 1llustration, which would be delicious either for brunch, a real luncheon or for supper after the races. Cut into horseshoe shapes, with bits of ripe olives for nails, the ripe avocados form an appropriate back- ground for the added flavor lent by segments of orange and fresh straw- berries. The dressing that accom- panies this salad is especially note- worthy, so here is the recipe for it: LORENZO DRESSING. % cup lemon juice. 3% cup olive oil. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon paprika. 2 tablespoons honey or sugar. 2 tablespoons chopped watercress. 2 teaspoons chili sauce. 2 tablespoons currant jelly. 2 tablespoons small pieces canned or fresh Bartlett pear. Blend well, beat altogether until smooth. Serve in a separate sauce boat, rather than poured over the salad. Other uses for the big supply of avocados said to be headed this way are legion. Among them is a divert- ing cradle, for a baby shower, made of half an avocado, filled with fruit salad snuggled under a blanket of Betsy Caswell, occasion as much as possible. comes an item in the marketing mayonnaise. We are working this out, and if it lives up to our expec- tations we’ll take a picture of it to show you. Another method places avocados in club sandwiches, to take the place of chicken. This is interesting for spring days, when every one is look- ing for something new, and might be a fine suggestion for a picnic. Let the four separate fillings consist of lettuce, tomato, avocado and crisp bacon. Sprinkle the cut slices of avocado with lemon juice to add flavor and to keep them from turn- ing brown. Avocado alone makes a nice sandwich when placed between thin slices of whole wheat bread spread with mayonnaise to which a little horse-radish has been added. Onion salt may be sprinkled on the » | avocado if you wish. Or try making a “spread” by mashing ripe avocado and mixing it with lemon juice, chili sauce, ta- basco and a little finely minced ba- con. This may be used between slices of bread, or piled on top of crisp crackers as a cangpe. For something “different” try: AVOCADO ICE. 2 medium sized avocados, 13 cup honey, 12 teaspoon salt, 13 teaspoon celery salt, 12 cup lime or lemon juice. Peel the avocados, removing the seeds. Force the pulp through a sieve, and add the remaining in- gredients, blending well. Put into freezing tray of refrigerator, and freeze 2 to 4 hours at coldest point. Stir once during the freezing. When firm, serve as a dessert, or in sherbet glasses with lamb, turkey or chicken. And, last but not least, here’s another salad idea: Cut ripe avocado pulp into small cubes, toss them in french dressing, and stuff raw, chilled peeled tomatoes with them. Sprinkle paprika and lemon juice on top, and serve with or without mayonnaise as desired. | ' Dorothy Dix Says - - - Being an In-Law Is the Hardest Job Any Woman Has to Face Being a mother-in-law is the hardest job on earth next to being & daughter-in-law, but here are a few efficiency tips that will help her to make a success of it. Don't be a. mother-in-law at all. Be a real mother to your in-laws. Open your arms to the young woman and young man who come into your family and take them to your heart instead of glving them the cold shoulder. Make them feel that they are welcome in- stead of afflictions that are sent on you by some malign fate. Especially don’t make some poor little girl feel that you look upon her as an artful | b; and designing minx who has some- how managed to snare your helpless and innocent son into marrying her. Make your in-laws realize from the start that you are going to be friends with them, that you are not going to criticize them and that you are going to make the same sort of allowances for all their faults and weaknesses that you do for your own children’s. Don’t go to live with your children unless the only alternative is to go to the poorhouse. Don't go to live with them because they feel it is their duty to ask you, or because you are lonely, or because you feel that you can’t bear to be separated from your adored Mary or John. No young couple wants a third party in their new home. They want to be by themselves, and that is natural and right. It is what you wanted your- self when you were a bride, so don't begrudge it to your in-laws. Crochet for By BARONESS P A good way we know of relaxing If circumstances compel you to go to live with your in-laws, make it as easy on them as you can. Don’t give them overdoses of your society. Don't be always under foot. Don't make them drag you around with them wherever they go. If you have money, take long trips. Give your children and their husbands and wives a chance to have a little pri- vate conversation without your listening in. Don’t pick on your in-laws. The favorite in-door sport of a lot of mothers-in-law consists of vivisect- ing the poor, frail, faulty human beings their sons and daughters have married, and pointing out their weakness to their wives and hus- ands. Don't interfere. I know it is hard for an expert professional to sit up and watch a blundering amateur bungle the game. I know you feel that you have a right to a certain say-so in your children’s homes. But the one sure way to make yourself hated is to be a buttinsky. Every young couple want to run their home in their own way, make their own mistakes and learn by their own experience. And they have a right to do it. The only way that you can be persona grata with them is to keep your tongue between your teeth, Abdicate the throne when your children get married. Don't try to be first with them any more. Don't get green-eyed when they love their husbands and wives better than they do you, because that means their happiness and that they are really mated. DOROTHY DIX. Relaxation NL uring a spell of housework is by sitting down with a bit of crochet work. And then you have something to show for it, too. Try this out on these lovely oval cepterpieces, which you can use on tables or as insertions for linen tablecloths. The mandolin and trumpet centerpiece measures 11 by 141 inches, the floral piece meas- ures 124 by 17 inches. To obtain this pattern, send for No. 1461 and inclose 15 cents in stamps or coin to cover service and postage. Address orders to the Needle- work Editor of The Evening Star, 4 [} THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940. Bet on This One to Win... 1¢s bound to lead the blended flavors. field, because of its novel appearance and its delicately The avocado horseshoes lend a particularly appropriate touch to this salad when it is served at brunch before or supper after the races. Bad Habits Must Be Broken Largely a Matter Of Background Associations By ANGELO PATRL We often talk about the necessity of forming habits but we say less about the stern necessity of break- ing some of themi Every child forms an unfortunate habit or two and gives their mothers a hard time un- til they succeed in breaking them and forming better ones. Of course, the best way is to prevent the form- ing of a bad habit but who is as wise as all that? When a child is found doing something he is not to do like smok- ing cigarettes, skipping classes, using bad words, running across the street, biting, refusing necessary food— one has to do the best he can with the child he has, and change his way of thinking. He had to think first, you know, before he did this thing that is wrong. First, if you can possibly manage it, change the setting of action so the place and the people and the time and the things about him will not in themselves bring out the action. If a boy crosses a room, passes a table where there are cig- areites, -every morning at breakfast time, and forms the habit of tak- ing a couple, the first thing to do is to lift the cigarettes, move the table, and if possibie have him cross an- other room and do some bit of work like bringing in the rolls or the paper and the milk, before he gets to breakfast. By breaking up the routine and changing the situation you give him a new set of activity stimulants. He will be more likely to forget those cigarettes. When a baby makes a fuss every time his mother tries to give him cereal in the morning, fights and shuts his mouth and kicks, try having somebody else feed him, in | ul another room, at another time, out of another dish. If a child gets into the habit of By FRANCESCA McKENNEY. OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST— That you serve cold refreshments on a picnic party really ice cold, instead of the luke-warm variety that one usually gets. There is no excuse for it now that you can carry along a non-breakable gadget that will keep ice for 24 hours. This barrel-shaped container is made of rubber that not only resists heat, but is light in weight, making it ideal to carry on picnic parties. . . ‘Tall Swedish glass pitchers are just the thing to hold several long- stemmed prize roses. . . . You must be modern nowadays and have at least one pair of china hands decorating your home. The most recent type seen form an ash try for a lady’s room, in white china decorated with exquisite tiny bouquets of sweetheart roses and forget-me-nots. . . . If you have been looking for some- thing unusual to light up a dark corner of your living room or den, try using a tall cylinder of glass that can be used for flowers or as & fish bowl. The glass is set into a chromium base containing a light, so that you can see the antics of your shimmering gold fish or the beauty of your flowers. . . . Here is a grand kitchen shower gift for the bride-to-be and what is more it will probably be most useful! A gift package of ovenware glass dishes, available in three or four different sizes so as to fit the purse of each sender. . . . The fastest way to get news to your friends or relations on the other side of the Atlantic is to send letters by airmail. If you don't want to spend a “fortune” to send a nice long letter, get some of the new letter paper that is featherweight. Many sheets can be used before the scales climb above the half ounce mark. The paper may be had in & —Whittington Photo. Faslion fesce e T M R by Colelle FOR THE JUNE WEDDING _0; extwne/y thin bride— f Don't look emaciated \ in severe slim lines. \ Avoid stiff or slinky \ fab rics. Do get an ethe- real look in yards of diaph- anous white 0 tulle, shirred, ruffled, or bouf- fant. staying along the way from school in the afternoon, give him some- thing to come home for, something unusual and very pleasant; let his homecoming be exciting because he Wwill find the unexpected situation— a couple of friends to eat sandwiches with him; a new part for his air- plane; & trip to the movies with a chum; a ride in the car to do an errand; something new to come home for will bring him. Then you can gradually shift him into sched- e. A habit is largely a matter of background associations. Thess associations are the conditions that beautiful shade called surf blue, with a border of white or deep red. ‘With or without monogram this sta- tlonery is stunning and definitely a “must” for airmail writers. . . . A sheer cotton organdy tablecloth with linen calla lilies appliqued in a diamond design over the cloth with napkins to match would be perfect for the bridal table on the day of the wedding. . . . Purchase, for a few cents, a hand- ful of rose beans to put on the shelves of the linen closet or in your lingerie drawer to scent your belong- ings with that delicate rose per- fume. . . . For the library table, dark green or maroon leather cigarette boxes are fine for holding three kinds of cigarettes. These have a little hand- tooled gold design as a border, and In center boast a large piece of carved jade. . . . ‘e 60 BACKAGES INso With e totpoint Washer Chevy Chase Radio Co. 4449 Conn. Ave. NW. 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I like isolation, but I do not like to in- convenience my guests while they search the country side for us. Have you any suggestions on this subject? D.B. 8. Answer: I suggest that you go down the road, in both directions if you like, and consider the following ideas on approaching your house: If there is a crossroad or turn at the corner of your drive, a short post with your game on it, visible from two directions, will help. 1If there is a stone wall, paint one large stone white with your name in large let- ters and an arrow underneath. Per- haps there is a big overhanging tree from whose lower branches you may drop a painted name plate. If you have a fence, cut out your name in the top rail and place a light behind it, or pick it out with reflector but- tons. If you have a mail box, cut out your name in wood block let- ters and stand them up on top, or your name cut out of a solid gate, if there is one, may be decorative as well as helpful. Add to this some distinguished color, for daylight, and either reflector buttons or lighting for night and your guest should always be on time. * X %k X DEAR MISS NOWELL: I have a walnut dining room set consisting of table with six legs, six chairs, buffet and serving table. The table top is solid, but panels and drawers on the wall furniture are veneered. The chairs have a curv- ing back with a woven panel and upholstered seats. I think the legs are not walnut, but stained. The whole effec. is old-fashioned, drab and dingy, and I wondered what you could suggest to give it some life. Answer: As the wood varies in this set, you would not be wise to attempt to re- finish it, but it could be painted most attractively. First, decide what tricky decorations it has—that “date” it, and might be removed. Remove them, ang if the hardware is not interesting take that off, too. Then either paint it, or have it painted—unless you have had some experience, do not attempt it your- self. The addition of new knobs and drawer pulls and new seat up- holstery will brighten up the whole room. As you do not mention the color of your room, I cannot advise you about a color, but if the room is dark you might make it most effec- tive by using light surface on the furniture, such as off-white, yellow or any light color with an over- | glaze of burnt umber. * x x % DEAR MISS NOWELL: ‘Will you be kind enough to insert in The Star sometime soon a method of cleaning a chintz boudoir chair? . R. M. P. Answer: There are several upholstery shampoos that you may get in the housewares department of the stores. Their main value is that they con- tain some element that keeps colors {from running. Make a solution with luke warm water and whip it up to a deep suds. Use a small sponge and wring it as dry as possible. With a rotary motion, work over a small area at a time. 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